3rd ODI: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi
The final match of this short series is played out today with Pakistan having won the first two games pretty convincingly. While Sri Lanka haven't played any of their big name players, their second string side haven't played all that well with Pakistan cruising to victory in both games. Sri Lanka will be desperate to change all that, considering they did come second in the recent World Cup.
Their key to victory is to limit the influence that Pakistan player, Shahid Afridi, has on the game. In the first match, Afridi slammed 74 runs, striking at over 200 runs per 100 balls. The second game, Afridi did little with the bat but was able to take three wickets with the ball, proving to be quite handy to the Pakistan side and a thorn in the side of the Lankans. The Sri Lankans need to silence him if they want to win this game and they'd also want their bowlers to life their efforts. They have been smacked around in this series so far, conceding 313 runs in the second match. The pace battery of Perera, Fernando and Maharoof gave away more than 6.5 runs an over each in that fixture which is far too high. Sri Lanka's batting has also struggled in the face of a determined Pakistan outfit.
Pakistan have just been too good so far and they would be looking to sweep the series after a disastrous World Cup campaign. Sri Lanka would be looking to come away with some pride, with their fringe players having something to prove to the selectors.
Should be another good game, get ready for an entertaining contest.
Pakistan XVI: Shoaib Malik*, Mohammad Asif, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Anjum, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Yousuf, Najaf Shah, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Yasir Hameed
Sri Lanka XV: DPMD Jayawardene*, MKDI Amerasinghe, CM Bandara, TM Dilshan, CRD Fernando, ST Jayasuriya, HAPW Jayawardene, CK Kapugedera, KS Lokuarachchi, MF Maharoof, SL Malinga, PDRL Perera, LPC Silva, WU Tharanga, BSM Warnapura
Umpires: Suresh Shastri and Russell Tiffin
3rd Umpire: Mark Benson
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Sunny, 37.
Game starts at 8pm AWST (4pm local time, 12pm GMT).
The final match of this short series is played out today with Pakistan having won the first two games pretty convincingly. While Sri Lanka haven't played any of their big name players, their second string side haven't played all that well with Pakistan cruising to victory in both games. Sri Lanka will be desperate to change all that, considering they did come second in the recent World Cup.
Their key to victory is to limit the influence that Pakistan player, Shahid Afridi, has on the game. In the first match, Afridi slammed 74 runs, striking at over 200 runs per 100 balls. The second game, Afridi did little with the bat but was able to take three wickets with the ball, proving to be quite handy to the Pakistan side and a thorn in the side of the Lankans. The Sri Lankans need to silence him if they want to win this game and they'd also want their bowlers to life their efforts. They have been smacked around in this series so far, conceding 313 runs in the second match. The pace battery of Perera, Fernando and Maharoof gave away more than 6.5 runs an over each in that fixture which is far too high. Sri Lanka's batting has also struggled in the face of a determined Pakistan outfit.
Pakistan have just been too good so far and they would be looking to sweep the series after a disastrous World Cup campaign. Sri Lanka would be looking to come away with some pride, with their fringe players having something to prove to the selectors.
Should be another good game, get ready for an entertaining contest.
Pakistan XVI: Shoaib Malik*, Mohammad Asif, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Anjum, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Yousuf, Najaf Shah, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Yasir Hameed
Sri Lanka XV: DPMD Jayawardene*, MKDI Amerasinghe, CM Bandara, TM Dilshan, CRD Fernando, ST Jayasuriya, HAPW Jayawardene, CK Kapugedera, KS Lokuarachchi, MF Maharoof, SL Malinga, PDRL Perera, LPC Silva, WU Tharanga, BSM Warnapura
Umpires: Suresh Shastri and Russell Tiffin
3rd Umpire: Mark Benson
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Sunny, 37.
Game starts at 8pm AWST (4pm local time, 12pm GMT).
